Your donation in support the of American Lung Association Christmas Seals® campaign works harder than ever before.
Fighting Lung Disease.
Every year, the American Lung Association funds scientific research to improve treatments and find cures for the more than 33 million Americans with chronic lung diseases. Lung disease is the number-three killer in the United States, responsible for one in six deaths.
Fighting Childhood Asthma.
Affecting more than 6 million children, asthma is the leading serious chronic illness among American kids. In addition to providing vital research support, the American Lung Association facilitates asthma-care partnerships involving school nurses and educational staff as well as physicians, families and Association volunteers.
Fighting Secondhand Smoke.
Twenty-five states have passed comprehensive laws that met the American Lung Association’s Smokefree Air Challenge by adopting comprehensive laws prohibiting smoking in workplaces, restaurants and bars. We won’t stop until everyone lives and works in a smokefree state.
Fighting Smoking.
Tragically, each day approximately 1,100 kids become regular, daily smokers and between one third and one half will eventually die as a result of their addiction. The American Lung Association led the decades-long fight to give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authority over the marketing, sale and manufacturing of tobacco products to stop tobacco companies from preying on children and deceiving the American public. This legislation was signed into law in June 2009.
Fighting Air Pollution.
The American Lung Association fights relentlessly for Healthy Air legislation. The American Lung Association successfully pushed for the US to clean up dirty diesel locomotives and marine vessels – steps to reduce pollution that leads to asthma attacks and premature death.
Fighting the Flu.
The American Lung Association provides critical funding for research into influenza treatment and prevention. Recently, the organization sponsored studies that found the inactivated influenza vaccine was safe to administer to adults and children with asthma.
And there’s so much more. It’s a huge mission, but we’ve been dedicated to it for more than a century. We couldn’t do it without your Christmas Seals donation.
